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Feds Ban 'Snitch' From Prison; King Tut Speaks
Published Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:26 PM
By Nolan Strong

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has banned Ethan Brown's controversial book Snitch: Informants, Cooperators & the Corruption of Justice, AllHipHop.com has learned.

 

The 273-page- book was banned when Brown attempted to send a copy to incarcerated former drug lord Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, who is being housed at The USP Florence Admax Prison in Florence, Colorado.

 

McGriff was one of the subjects of Brown’s 2005 book Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler.

 

"The publication has been rejected because it contains information about other Bureau of Prisons incarcerated individuals," the letter stated. "This information has been determined to be detrimental to the security, good order and discipline of the institution. Due to the reasons cited, the above-named publication is not suited for introduction into a correctional facility."

 

Brown tackles a number of topics in Snitch, including the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur at the Quad Recording Studios.

 

In a chapter in the book, Brown claims that Walter "King Tut" Johnson was falsely implicated by informants in the infamous Quad shooting.

 

While King Tut was actually indicted by the feds for committing a string of armed robberies in the mid-1990's, Brown claims that the feds wrongly believed that King Tut was behind the Quad shooting and Shakur’s murder in Las Vegas.

 

FBI agents hoped to get King Tut to cooperate in the Shakur case by hitting him with federal charges.

 

Snitch also reveals that during the Spring of 2005, FBI agents attempted to get King Tut to cooperate in an investigation into leading Hip-Hop executives, which was recently described in Chuck Phillips' recent Los Angeles Times article as a "broad investigation of the rap business."

 

According to Brown, King Tut refused to cooperate in the investigation after NYPD detectives attempted to question him.

 

King Tut, who has the dubious distinction of being the first New York resident to be sentenced to life in prison under the Federal Three Strikes Provision, denied that he was involved in Shakur's shooting in Snitch.

 

Tupac named checked King Tut on the song "Against All Odds," where he rhymed:

"Now you gotta watch your back/now watch your front/Here we come/gunshots to Tut, now you stuck.."

 

"I can understand why the Tupac fans would not like me and I respect their loyalty to him," King Tut said. "But I want the Tupac fans to know that I'm not responsible for his attempted assassination, nor did I have anything to do with his assassination…I'm coming to the public and I'm sacrificing myself. Find me guilty if I'm wrong. Prosecute me to the fullest degree of the law possible if I'm guilty. But if you got an innocent man lying in jail…"

 

King Tut is currently incarcerated at Lewisburg Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, where he is serving life without the possibility of parole for other crimes.


Comments

 

Boss Up said:

perfect timing? why all of a sudden this is starting to come out?
March 20, 2008 3:41 PM
 

JRucker said:

Everything comes full circle at one point... it seems the circle is closing.
March 20, 2008 3:49 PM
 

Eight Mile Road Music News » Feds Ban ‘Snitch’ From Prison; King Tut Speaks said:

March 20, 2008 3:52 PM
 

slimturk said:

finally hearing some answers.....i knew i would be almost thirty before someone comes out ....but now we got too many people coming out....

So when is the actual person or persons going to be rapping about the actual people involved with Tupac and Biggie's murders and JMJ and all these others....
March 20, 2008 3:59 PM
 

HipHopManiac said:

wow
March 20, 2008 4:01 PM
 

The Parkway Kid said:

DMV STAND UP....WE WANT OUR SHOT





www.myspace.com/theparkwaykid95
March 20, 2008 4:01 PM
 

ALLDAY914 said:

Tupac fans are like fucking fanatics
what are you niggas gonna go kill in retaliation ?
March 20, 2008 4:02 PM
 

TwoHunidProof said:

I'm Amazed
March 20, 2008 4:05 PM
 

Oath said:

How come everybody is saying they have NOTHING to do with it when they named being called out by the dude they suspected of killing on a song he made just dayz before he was killed..... Coincidence I guess
March 20, 2008 4:12 PM
 

duceconstant said:

i bet it is some fans that will retaliate for pac, as a matter of fact i know so!!!
March 20, 2008 4:37 PM
 

anzee11 said:

I bet Pac's Mom don't really give a fuck about this folklore horse shit. She knows her son is at peace now and his legacy lives on.
March 20, 2008 4:43 PM
 

KST2G said:

Everything just seem to be coming together now. 0 aka cypher people...
March 20, 2008 4:44 PM
 

WILLY KILLEM? said:

i said it before & i'll say it again, johnny law eats ass with hemmoroids.

ITS FUNNY HOW THEY CONFISCATE BOOKS THAT EDUCATE INMATES ON HOW TO HANDLE THEIR SITUATIONS, BUT THEY DONT DO SHIT ABOUT THE SHANKING & RAPING.

FUCK THE GOVERNMENT
FUCK THE PRISON SYSTEM
FUCK JOHHNY LAW
March 20, 2008 4:44 PM
 

MARCHITECT said:

Confiscating that book is stupid. Confiscate a shank, not some knowledge.. Did they confiscate Martha Stewart books from everyone when she went down., Or Victor Hassine who has a book called "Life without Parole" which is a best seller, about Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania.... helll naawww

MATTER OF FACT. OLIVER NORTH IS A WAR CORRESPONDENT FOR A MAJOR NETWORK. DIDNT HE DO TIME FOR....THE IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR?

I think if pac were around he would have his own label, it would be so large, and all these garbage ass rappers would be eating his crumbs. people love tupac because even when he was negative he was positive. the whole duality of the universe manifested in one rapper at all times. a true dude with talent, but not afraid to express it when he felt it. however it came out. like jimi hendrix, but ready to whup that ass in a sec. brilliant

rip pac.
March 20, 2008 4:56 PM
 

Poorichboy said:

Why is everybody actin suprised since that article on the Quad studio shooting was published. Everybody Pac name checked on "Against All Odds" had something to do with it one way or another. Pac knew who he was beefin with. 9 times out 10 a ni**a get shot by somebody he was beefin with. Pac was one of the realist niggas walking and he wouldn't have made the shit up. 7 day theory was Pac's life on wax and he named checked poeple which is where rappers like Eminem and 50 cent got theyre syle from. Alot of todays rappers should be paying royalties to Pac's moma.
March 20, 2008 4:56 PM
 

Tommy K. said:

It's not gonna make a difference. If they want the info they gonna get it anywayz.
March 20, 2008 5:33 PM
 

prop24 said:

NY Killed Pac.
March 20, 2008 5:41 PM
 

poe said:

they ban anything these days, this is no surprise


http://www.myspace.com/musiqjunkyproductions
March 20, 2008 5:46 PM
 

numberonedon said:

It amazes me how Pac fans believe everything this nigga says... Just because he say something on a record it's suppose to be true?.. This nigga said in jail he don't want to be thug life no more he not representing that and when Suge bailed him out he totally contradicted himself... Pac can say eat shit it taste good and all the Pac fans will be eating shit just because Pac said it... Just because u beefin with somebody don't mean they the ones who shot u... Niggaz say Pac the realest nigga walking like they knew him or something like they was there when shit was happening... If you stupid niggaz forgot he was a actor first and he can make u believe anything... Do your history on that.. Pac was a actor first he started writing poetry while he was studying acting in Bmore..
March 20, 2008 5:53 PM
 

GravyUK said:

gotta take another read.
Is "Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler" Out???????
March 20, 2008 6:16 PM
 

Just_In said:

Everybody has speculation but no true facts, anyway as far as this book, why is this even a surprise or even "news?" Sounds pretty logical to me....
March 20, 2008 6:45 PM
 

jamel said:

pac is the realest period! and when he said thug life it was not about robbing and killing,he was talking about how he came from the gutter and he still standing,still strong,and its not about pac fans believing everything he said but when this brotha spoke you listened why cause you feel what he saying his words were powerful,thats why pac said he never thought he was the best rapper but that he was the realest,pac was bigger than hip hop,living legend at 25,i seen how people reacted to his death people crying like they lost a child,you go to any hood in america and pac get love, then and now,if he wasnt the realest who is!
March 20, 2008 6:45 PM
 

GizProductions said:

@ numberonedon

I don't wanna go back and forth on this shit, but it's clear you don't know the meaning of "Thug Life". It wasn't a lifestyle but a movement, where everybody from the bottom was supposed to stand together etc. In other words he didn't contradict himself, you're just talking about something you haven't fully understood...

March 20, 2008 7:07 PM
 

Dr. E said:

YAAAAAWWWWN Who cares? This isn't even new let alone news. Spice 1 had better lyrics than Pac anyway.  No disrespect to the dead, but if Pac had never died his albums would be selling triple wood right about now. Search your feelings you know this to be true.
March 20, 2008 7:21 PM
 

Cizaman said:

Whatever, the Feds know everything. Patriot Act, they are the biggest crooks going.
myspace.com/fammgodfather
March 20, 2008 7:22 PM
 

imhatingonya said:

LET ME HATE FOR A MINUTE AND GIVE YA SOME HISTORY. THE REASON PAC CAME OUT SMASHING WAS BECAUSE OF PUFF THE NIGGA PUFF SAID IN THE VIBE ARTICLE IN 95 AFTER PAC SAID THUGLIFE WAS DEAD AND SAID I QUOTE " IF YOUR A THUG YOUR A THUG YOU CAN'T JUMP IN AND OUT OF THUGGISM". PAC READ THAT AND SAID OK I MASHING WHEN I GET OUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PUFFY WONDERING WHY HE GETTING SMASHED ON. THE REASON NIGGAS GOT LOVE FO PAC WAS HE SPIT THAT REAL SHIT PERIOD. LOTTA RAPPERS SPIT REAL SHIT BUT WHEN PAC SPIT HE WAS LIKE THAT NIGGA ON THE BLOCK THAT YOU KICKED IT WITH AND HE WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT SOME SHIT THAT WENT DOWN YOU RELATE. SO CHECK YOUR HISTORY ON WHAT THIS THUGLIFE SHIT IS IT'S ABOUT THE MOTHAFUCKA YOU LOOK AT IN DISGUST WHO NEED HELP AND YOU PAST HIM EVERYDAY WHILE HE BEG FOR YOUR HELP THEN YOU BEG FOR YOUR LIFE WHEN THAT PERSON ROBS YOU 15 YEARS LATER. THE HATE YOU GAVE FUCKED HIM UP GROWING UP SO NOW HIS HATE IS FUCK EVERYBODY

   CHUUCH                            LET HATING RING!!
March 20, 2008 7:37 PM
 

SagNasty989 said:

FUCK ANY MUFUCKA THAT GOT SOMETHIN NEGATIVE TO SAY BOUT TUPAC...WE STILL RIDIN FA PAC!!!!!!!!!!! ABPSN!!!! FUCK MOBB DEEP!!!!!!! FUCK SUGE KNIGHT!!! FUCK JIMMY HENCHEMN, FUCK KING TUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK EMENIM FA BEING A BITCH ASS BUSTA!!!
March 20, 2008 8:22 PM
 

Charbs said:

Maybe we didn't met him personaly, maybe we haven't kick it with him, and most probably we wont even see the light of all this fuck up stories......but through his music we met him....through his poems we felt his luv,struggle,and life. Whoever claims he was an actor or he was just playin' a role man shut the fuck up.......u tellin' me he was actually playin' with his own life????????C'mon u must be on crack son!!!! Everybody has a different opinion on all this but let me tell u somethin' The man is deceased 12 years ago......producers and labels are still makin' money of his head.....and they comin' out with all those records and lyrics and remixez......man what the fuck????? I got much Luv for Pac and mostly his mom......she has been fighting over 10 years to get what she deserves.....HER SON'S masterpieces and yet those motha fuckaz suge, henchmen,puff and whoever is involved in this drama are gettin' props and credits for shit they don't even own. Who was the real owner or CEO of DeathRow???? certainly not suge......unfortunatly the REAL owner is in jail and he will never profit of his own label. Now what?????  
March 20, 2008 8:28 PM
 

RedDeezo said:

WHO CARES ABOUT 2PAC? FUCK HIM HE'S DEAD.
March 20, 2008 8:30 PM
 

MS. LARIA said:

PAC WAS AN ACTOR BEFORE A RAPPER???

YOU CAN RAP YOUR WHOLE LIFE WITHOUT EARNING ANY MONEY FOR IT. JUST BECAUSE YOUR FIRST PUBLIC JOB MAY HAVE BEEN ACTING, DOESN'T MEAN THAT PAC WAS AN ACTOR FIRST.

AND ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DID FIRST. ITS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE THE MOST PASSION AND DESIRE TO DO
March 20, 2008 8:33 PM
 

jamali said:

old news..pac is dead and gone so all this bullshit is irrelavent.boss up do u live in allhiphop's building?the nigga is always the first to comment..word..
March 20, 2008 8:33 PM
 

tidyga said:

Gravy, yea the book is out....
BTW, The HipHop Cop said all this in his book, but we wrote it off as some ol ass cop, trying to make a book.......

He basically said everthang Pac raped about regarding the shooting was true, especially those involved....Its just now we getting the bosses names, that even Pac did not mention    

Sabatino....and Im sure as the years continue to grow, we gonna get more names.
March 20, 2008 8:39 PM
 

GizProductions said:

Listen to this interview with Pac by Sway, he explains by who and why he got shot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxRgYBTI9iA

March 20, 2008 8:59 PM
 

SagNasty989 said:

I WONDER WHY SUGE KNIGHT NOT ANSWERING MY CALLS OR MY E-MAILS..I GOT THAT BITCH ASS NIGGAH SHOOK...YOU CAN'T RUN AND HIDE FAEVER FAT BOY...ABPSN!!!!
March 20, 2008 9:37 PM
 

v4vendetta said:

Everyone trying to cover they ass now when 5 million PAC fans begin asking questions. Or worse.. Let's keep up the pressure guys. And yes he's dead but we are still alive along with his music.
March 20, 2008 10:48 PM
 

Backspin202 said:

It's a damn shame that everybody else can come up with a story except the police.That book probably had some fed names in it too.Not just prisoners in the jail.

http://crucial202.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml
http://www.myspace.com/djcrucialfade
March 20, 2008 10:56 PM
 

Chubby Competitor said:

Lol @ the way some of you people are just eating this up,sad.
March 20, 2008 11:10 PM
 

DeeBarksldale said:

That nigga lyin... he just tryin to get outta jail... if he aint do it he know who did nigga speak up or u aint gettin outta lewisburg...

NOW U STUCK!!! this MOB
March 20, 2008 11:18 PM
 

MusicWorth! said:

WOW!

HAVE YALL HEARD ABOUT THE NEW RAPPER DR. DRE IS ABOUT 2 SIGN. CHECK HIM OUT. HE IS DOPE ASS HELL!

LISTEN NOW @ http://myspace.com/krazedouteross
March 20, 2008 11:57 PM
 

TheLastDragon1989 said:

Idk all this info coming out is suspect basically just thing put together that majority of the hip hop world already knew...but for some reason i keep thinking about the brown letters that the govt. put in the black panther system to cause disruption why bring all this up when everything is cool.
March 21, 2008 12:06 AM
 

SagNasty989 said:

TP DR E: FUCK YOU PUSSY NIGGA. LET ME CATCH YO BITCH ASS SLIPPIN IN THE STREETS YOU FAG
March 21, 2008 12:21 AM
 

Nolex said:

Can somebody take diddy OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 21, 2008 12:23 AM
 

aj22 said:

First of all.........

RIP to Tupac

folks are so disrespectful, Pac touched a lot of people and when you are touched by someone you gonna care, it dont matter how long it has been. I dont care if it is 20 years from now i am still gonna care! I still wanna know who did it!

You could not pay me to be that stupid. LOL work out whatever personal issues you have within yourself.

Where lie detectors at? Don't they use those aint no one been hook up to the machine, i find that funny. I can name a good 9-10 folks who need to take one and if they dont they got something to hide or lose.
March 21, 2008 1:44 AM
 

Kappagem said:

Dr. E....

I'm sorry pimp, but I definitely can't feel you on that.

Pac is a beast....always has been, always will be.  Not a knock on Spice or anyone else, but Pac was the realest....and ultimately, Pac was on another level WAY before he passed...that's real...
March 21, 2008 2:27 AM
 

chocolaterain said:

2PAC will NEVER die. So yall haters can eat a some dicc fa real

no one has come close to Pac ever since...
March 21, 2008 8:11 AM
 

chocolaterain said:

and Juice is one of the best black movies ever. So yall hatin on him for acting r lames. He was mulitalented
March 21, 2008 8:13 AM
 

Poorichboy said:

numberonedon said: Niggaz say Pac the realest nigga walking like they knew him or something like they was there when shit was happening

Real niggaz recognize real niggaz...PERIOD. This nigga had robbers pointing pistols at him and he didn't lay down. It don't get no realer than that. Actin...it aint that much actin in the world.  What would you do if a nigga pulled out on you lik...lay down and give me you shit.  Niggaz would shit on theyselves if somebody pointed a gun at them.  Me..ive been on both sides of a gun and it take a real nigga not to lay down for nobody!!

Everydody need to realize Pac was a real nigga.
March 21, 2008 8:48 AM
 

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March 21, 2008 8:51 AM
 

BumpHipHop: The Hip Hop News Source » Gimme Some More (March 21st, 2008) said:

March 21, 2008 10:01 AM
 

Cypha Da Weapon said:

Aint nobody East or West spit wit da feelin' he put into a song.  
March 21, 2008 10:11 AM
 

Cypha Da Weapon said:

Fuck da rap game nigga this M.O.B. so believe me we enemies I go against all odds!
March 21, 2008 10:13 AM
 

EReal said:

Poorichboy said:
Why is everybody actin suprised since that article on the Quad studio shooting was published. Everybody Pac name checked on "Against All Odds" had something to do with it one way or another.
^^^^^^^^^
So Pac is a snitch. Right?
March 21, 2008 10:28 AM
 

Poorichboy said:

Ereal said: So Pac is a snitch. Right?

Not at all. He didn't make a statement to the authorities and sign it. I think he wanted everdody to know why he was smashin on them niggaz.  He just put the truth out there. Had he snitched they would all be in jail. He wanted his enemies dead...not in jail "gun shots to Tut now you stuck" "all you niggaz gettin killed with yo mouth wide open" and countless other references to burrying them niggaz.
March 22, 2008 5:44 PM
 

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